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Feral Truths & Tangled Threads: Library Level Truancy

Some people bunked school by leaving. I bunked by staying.

I’d slip out of whatever class I was meant to be in—usually maths or science—and just relocate. To the library. To the back room of the art department. Anywhere the roll wasn’t being taken. The trick was to look like you belonged. Walk with purpose. Carry a folder. If anyone asked, I was on a study period. If no one asked, even better.

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